Graphing Exercise
SWBAT: USE PROPER GRAPHING
TECHNIQUES TO GRAPH DATA
SWBAT: INTERPRET DATA FROM A GRAPH
AND DRAW CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE
INFORMATION
Instructions
 Get a blank piece of paper.
 Fold it Hotdog and Hamburger to make even
quarters. Mark the lines.
Continued…
 Number each quarter of the
paper starting in the top left
moving clockwise.
1
2
4
3
 Label each section as follows:
 1. Data Chart
 2. Distance Vs. Time
 3. Speed Vs. Time
 4. Acceleration Vs. Time
Time (S)
Distance (m)
Time (S)
Distance (m)
1
0
16
10
2
1
17
12
Section 1
3
2
 Copy
the data
from the slide 18
into a chart
14 in this
4
3
section
of your
paper. It should
19 have 2
16 columns. One
4 one for distance.
20
19
for5 time and
6
5
21
21
7
6
22
25
8
7
23
25
9
7
24
24
10
7
25
22
11
7
26
22
12
8
27
22
13
9
28
20
14
10
29
18
15
10
30
17
Section 2
 Draw a graph that relates distance and time.
Remember we are controlling what time we take
measurements and the recording the response. (DRY
MIX)
Distance in meters
Time in Seconds
Section 3
 Remember that speed=distance/time. And that
we only need to be concerned with the change in
time when we look at speed.
 Calculate the speed the object is traveling each
second and make a graph that relates speed (which
we are calculating) and time (which we are
choosing)(DRY MIX).
Section 4
 Acceleration is changes in velocity. Using the
previous graph as a data source, draw a graph that
relates acceleration (calculated) and time (which was
chosen.
Distance vs. Time
Distance in Meters
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
5
10
Time in Seconds
25
30
Speed vs. Time
3
Speed in m/s
2
1
5
10
Time in Seconds
25
30
Acceleration vs. Time
Acceleration in m/s/s
3
2
1
-1
5
10
25
-2
-3
Time in Seconds
30
On the Back…
 Be sure you have your name at the top!!!!
 Answer the following questions:
 1. What will a Distance Vs. Time graph look like if the object is
standing still?
 2. What is happening if the same line was vertical?
 3. describe the lines on an Acceleration Vs. Time Graph when
the object is sitting still. Moving at a constant speed of 3 m/s.
 4. Which direction will the line go in a Distance Vs. Time graph
if the object is slowing down but still traveling forward?